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Locality Name:
Mt. Foppa, Adamello Massif, Adamello-Brenta Natural Park, Camonica Valley, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 155662
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155662.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt. Foppa, Adamello Massif, Adamello-Brenta Natural Park, Camonica Valley, Brescia Province, Lombardy, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Forcel Rosso Gully (Forcel Rosso Pass)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Bi C Ca F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P S Sb Si Ta U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteChabaziteClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGismondine
MicaNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteTourmalineZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Bismutocolumbite  (*)Bismutotantalite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chabazite-Na  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Elbaite  (*)Fluor-elbaite  (*)Fluor-liddicoatite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Foitite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Offretite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rossmanite  (*)Saponite  (*)Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Stibiocolumbite  (*)Stibiotantalite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21698273419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1698288803
Bismutocolumbite  (*)NoneBiNbO41698282
Bismutotantalite  (*)NoneBiTaO416982823
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)269827,6982827770
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O16982766
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6169828289
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)169828520
Fluor-elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F16982831
Fluor-liddicoatite  (*)TourmalineCa(Li2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F16982812
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1698282740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21698289617
Foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)16982875
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O169827128
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O169827425
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1698274924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2269827,6982817380
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O169827146
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1698272349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216982739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2269827,6982861156
Rossmanite  (*)Tourmaline   (Al2Li)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)16982837
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O169827301
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)269827,698282705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31698281214
Stibiocolumbite  (*)NoneSbNbO416982813
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO416982853
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21698282718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)269827,698285251



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